Announcing Auditions for Deathtrap

Auditions are Monday, Nov 18 and Tuesday, Nov 19

Deathtrap
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MainStage Irving-Las Colinas announces auditions for their upcoming production of Deathtrap

By Ira Levin
Directed by Harry Friedman

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Audition Dates: Monday, Nov 18 7:00 – 10:00 and Tuesday, Nov 19 7:00 – 8:30
  • Callbacks: Tuesday, Nov 19 at 8:30
  • Rehearsals will begin on Nov 25
  • Tech Week: January 12-16 - No Conflicts
  • Performance Dates: Jan 17-19, 24-26, Jan 30-Feb 1 - NO CONFLICTS ALLOWED

 

IMPORTANT AUDITION INFORMATION

Auditions are held by appointment at Mainstage222, Mainstage Irving Las Colinas’ rehearsal space (222 E Irving Blvd, Irving, TX).

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Please bring a current resume and headshot.

We are committed to diverse casting and all roles are open to characters of all backgrounds. If there is a role you feel is right for you, please audition!

CHARACTERS

Sidney Bruhl – 50’s – A once successful playwright struggling to find the inspiration for his next big hit.  Confident, impressive and well-tended.

Myra Bruhl – Sidney’s slightly younger and always supportive wife.  Attractive and self-effacing, with a quiet sophistication.

Clifford Anderson – mid 20’s – Playwrighting student and University of Connecticut.  Clifford is “free of obvious defects”.  An attractive young man in awe of Sidney.

Helga ten Dorp – 50’s+ - an eccentric Dutch psychic living next door to the Bruhls

Porter Milgrim – 50’s – The Bruhl family attorney.  A man of substance hiding his desire to be a successful playwright.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment. Two-thirds gripping thriller and one-third clever comedy of deceit and betrayal.

COMPENSATION

Actors receive a gas stipend and comp tickets.

For questions or more information, contact admin@mainstageirving.com.